Social drift of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Africans from the North West Province of South Africa: The PURE study

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 371-378

  Pisa, P T ^a   Behanan, R ^a   Vorster, H H ^a   Kruger, A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CVD risk factors; Dietary intakes; North west province; PURE baseline study; Serum lipids; Social drift phenomenon; Socio economic status; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; IRON; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAT INTAKE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865968665     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-018     Document Type: Article

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